As Latino Media Gap Expands, Hispanics in Hollywood Are Harder to Find

Source by  Nicole Akoukou Thompson 

"The Latino Media Gap: A Report on the State of Latinos in U.S. Media" details racial disparities on the big and small screen and highlights the lack of Latino prominence in top 10 films and scripted television series during 2013. The report also details the finer points of the Latino media gap.

The study revealed that while stereotypes restrict both the opportunities afforded to Latinos and cultural perceptions of Latinos, compelling storylines about Latino characters tend to be rewarded with higher ratings and increased viewership. Racial disparities in media greatly affect young people, making them feel unseen and unheard in an era of supposed multiculturalism.

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Shaping Seattle’s understanding of Latinos through film

Source by Blanca Torres

Many people in the Northwest tend to equate “Mexican” with “Latino,” but that’s a limited perspective. As a Mexican-American, I see that dynamic play out on a regular basis like when people think all Latinos wear sombreros and eat spicy food.

Even so, many people have a superficial view of Mexican culture based on chips, salsa and margaritas, and the knowledge level goes down even more for countries like say Uruguay and Bolivia.  I’m all for exposing non-Latinos to not just Mexico, but to the cultural bounty of the 20-plus countries that make up Latin America.

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Director Robert Rodriguez Talks El Rey Network, Hispanic Films And Latino Movie Making

by Peter Black

Robert Rodriguez, director of "From Dusk Till Dawn," now has his own TV channel.

The El Rey network, which was launched with the help of $72 million loan from Univision, is now available on Comcast, DirecTV and Time Warner Cable. The network features grindhouse-esque content targeted at Hispanic viewers, although Rodriguez insisted that if the network's shows are to be effective they must "create storytelling that has universal appeal."

 

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Netflixeando: 10 Latino Films You Should Stream on Netflix

By Vanessa Erazo

How many times have you gone to Netflix wanting to watch something but got completely overwhelmed by the options. Or, you try to look for a good Latino movie but — how the hell do you find them? You might look in the “Foreign Movies” section or under “Foreign Language” for films from Latin America but there’s no U.S. Latino movies there. Since they are in English, they aren’t labeled foreign and hence are hard to find, unless you know the exact title you are looking for. Well, that’s why we’re here. We’ve scoured Netflix and watched all the crap movies so you don’t have to.

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Viva Cinema Latino Film Festival set for 6/27 & 6/28 at Mattatuck Museum

Organized by the Connecticut Film Festival, the second annual ¡Viva Cinema! Latino Film Festival will feature more than 75 narrative, documentary, short, animation and student films and will take place Friday, June 27, and Saturday, June 28, at the Mattatuck Museum on the Green in downtown Waterbury.

¡Viva Cinema!, a spin-off of the popular Connecticut Film Festival, has selected two award-winning and thought-provoking feature length films to headline this year’s two-day festival. Saturday morning will feature a program geared for children (12 and up) including animations and narrative shorts written and directed by Hispanic filmmakers and animators.

On Friday, June 27, ¡Viva Cinema¡ will present “Pelo Malo” (Bad Hair), 2013, 93 minutes, written and directed by renowned Venezuelan filmmaker Mariana Rondón and produced by Marité Ugás. This film is the winner of 11 prestigious international awards and three other nominations including: The Golden Seashell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and Best Film at The Havana Film Festival. “Pelo Malo” follows the journey of a young Venezuelan boy looking for love and acceptance. “Junior”, who is looking to please his mother, wants to straighten his hair and dress like a fashionable pop star for a class photo, which leads to his mother’s rejection and question of the young boy’s sexual ambiguity.

Friday’s film premiere will be followed by a catered after party at the Mattatuck Museum compliments of Michael Bick’s: Some Things Fishy Catering and will include Zevia soda, and Thomas Hooker beer.

On Saturday, June 28 beginning at 10:30 a.m. ¡Viva Cinema! will begin with a program of animated and narrative shorts for children ages 12 and up and their adult caregivers and friends. Saturday evening will feature the northeast premiere of “Viva Cuba Libre: Rap is War,” directed by Mexican west coast filmmaker, Jesse Acevedo. This film is about an extraordinary rap duo: Los Aldeanos, who is sweeping the Cuban underground with their urgent lyrics about the dire economic and political state of their beloved country.

Los Aldeanos began as one of many underground Rap Cubano groups based in Havana, Cuba and is now heralded as the voice of the lost generation. They are banned from performing in all official concert halls or venues and their music is distributed solely by hand, in total secrecy for fear of government persecution. They perform in make-shift venues and promote the concerts only hours before they actually go on stage, still managing to gather crowds in the thousands. Director Jesse Acevedo, along with an anonymous film crew, risked their freedom and lives while using guerrilla methods and hidden cameras as they take the viewer inside a new revolution brewing within Cuba. Ever fearful of reprisal, the identities of the crew are kept secret. Those who do speak out are at great risk of imprisonment.

It is recommended that tickets and day passes be purchased in advance. Seating is limited. Single tickets are $7 for adults and children (12 and up). Day passes for Friday and Saturday are $30. For more information, full schedules and to purchase individual movie tickets and day passes, visit www.vivacinemafilmfestival.com

Visit www.MattatuckMuseum.org or call 203-753-0381 for more information on all of the museum’s adult and children’s programs, events and exhibits.

Latin American Films at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival

LATIN AMERICAN FILMS
AT THE 2014 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

April 16 - 27

PELO MALO 
Directed by Mariana Rondón
Venezuela/Germany/Argentina/Peru, 2013, 93 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Co-Presented by Cinema Tropical 
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Junior is a precocious 9-year-old boy living in the housing projects of Caracas who wants nothing more than to straighten his head of tight curls for his yearbook photo. A desire that borders on obsession, it stirs homophobic panic in his mother, Marta, who is overtaxed from losing her husband, raising two children, and attempting to find a job. As she sharply recoils at Junior’s self-expression and abrasively acts to correct his behavior, Junior manages to find acceptance (and straight hair) in the company of his loving grandmother. From Venezuelan writer-director Mariana Rondon and featuring newcomer Samuel Lange in a beautifully standout performance, Bad Hair is a painfully tender coming-of-age drama about a boy caught in a maelstrom of identity and intolerance.


MARAVILLA
Directed by Juan Pablo Cadaveira
(Argentina, 2013, 82 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Co-Presented by Cinema Tropical 
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Sergio 'Maravilla’ Martinez’s fearlessness and tenacity has earned him both adulation and disdain in the world of boxing. Emerging from rural Argentina, his career has been marred by injury, finances, and political favoritism within the World Boxing Council. A true underdog story, Maravilla follows Martinez as he sets out to reclaim the Middleweight title that was taken from him in 2011 by the more popular Julio Chavez, Jr. amid a cloud of controversy. With stunning access, director Juan Cadaveira follows Martinez through endless hurdles, exposing the overtly political nature of boxing. Focusing on the rise of Martinez from penniless amateur to world champion, Maravilla offers an intimate and unflinching look at the business of boxing and celebrity, unwavering in its hope for true sportsmanship.



GÜEROS
Directed by Alvaro Ruizpalacios
(Mexico, 2014, 108 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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A months-long student strike at the National University throws roommates Sombra and Santos into a droll sort of limbo in their shabby apartment in Mexico City, whiling away the hours pining for the girl from the pirate radio show and tricking their neighbor’s daughter into helping them steal electricity. Their idiosyncratic routine is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Sombra’s teenage brother, Tomás, who has been exiled from his home by their mother following an incident involving a baby and a water balloon. The trio sets out on a road trip in search of Tomás’s hero, fabled folk-rock star Epigmenio Cruz, traversing across the city through perilous slums and the rebellious halls of the university to the ritzy nightlife downtown. Director Alonso Ruizpalacios arrives as a bold new voice in Mexican cinema with his energetic and imaginative feature debut—a cool, retro, black-and-white portrait of Mexico City and of three restless young men searching for a purpose and identity in a city of millions.



MANOS SUCIAS
Directed by Josef Wladyka
(Colombia/USA, 2014, 82 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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Towing a submerged torpedo in the wake of their battered fishing boat, ‘Jacobo,’ a desperate fisherman and Delio, a naive kid, embark on a journey trafficking millions of dollars of cocaine up the Pacific coast of Colombia. While Jacobo is a seasoned trafficker, young Delio is unprepared for the grim reality. Shot entirely on location—in areas that bear the indelible scars of drug trafficking and guerrilla warfare—director Josef Kubota Wladyka establishes a sense of place with meticulous sensitivity, capturing the visceral paradox of incredible vibrancy yet devastating poverty which permeate this war-torn region. Refusing to glamorize the drug trade, Manos Sucias instead offers a rare glimpse of its devastating effects. Executive Produced by Spike Lee.


MALA MALA
Directed by Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini
(Puerto Rico, 2014, 89 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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In a celebration of the trans community in Puerto Rico, the fissure between internal and external is an ever-present battle. A unique exploration of self-discovery and activism, featuring a diverse collection of subjects that include LGBTQ advocates, business owners, sex workers, and a boisterous group of drag performers who call themselves The Doll House, Mala Mala portrays a fight for personal and community acceptance paved with triumphant highs and devastating lows. Through riveting cinematography that encapsulates the candy-colored, vivacious personalities as well as their frequently dark personal experiences, directors Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles dynamically present the passion and hardships reflective of this distinctively binary human experience.

LGBTQ Latina/o Film Festival in LOS ANGELES April 10-13

The inaugural Latina/o Queer Arts and Film Festival (LQAFF) in collaboration with the Gay and Lesbian Center of LA will showcase the only film festival for latino queers. Latin@ Queer Arts and Film Festival will take place April 10-13 at The Village, located at the Gay and Lesbian Center. This four day celebration of art and film will include a launch party, art gallery, spoken word, feature films, documentaries, short films, mini-workshops/info sessions, food trucks, music, networking opportunities, Q&A’s with filmmakers, and featured cast members.

LatinoBuzz: PBS Documentary Series POV touring Cuba April 5-14

For the third year in a row, a U.S. documentary program will tour Cuba. Closing Distances/Cerrando Distancias 3, which takes place April 5-14 2014 will bring Simon Kilmurry, Executive Producer of PBS’s award-­‐winning P.O.V.(Point of View) television series, to Cuba. He will do a presentation about several of the Latino films that have aired on P.O.V and screen the new POV film Getting Back to Abnormal. Alexandra Halkin, Director of the Americas Media Initiative (AMI), a non-­‐profit that works with Cuban filmmakers, organized the tour. the Cuban organizational providing the logistical support is the Young Directors Film Festival (Muestra Joven),based in Havana. The tour will begin with a presentation by Mr. Kilmurry at the Young Directors Festival and then Ms. Halkin and Mr. Kilmurry will travel to the Isle of Youth and Pinar del Rio, where they will screen Getting Back to Abnormal and engage in Q&A sessions with Cubanaudiences. 

Getting Back to Abnormal

Back in the spring of 2012 AMI launched its pioneering Closing Distances/Cerrando Distancias U.S. Documentary tour with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and was the first time that the MoMA did an official program in Cuba. Since then, the Closing Distances tours have screened six U.S. documentaries and engaged with Cuban audiences in Cienfuegos, Camaguey, Holguin, Bayamo, Guantanamo, Baracoa, the Sierra Maestra Mountains and Havana. Interviews and portions of the presentations have been broadcast on Cuban National Television, reaching millions of Cubans throughout the island. AMI is the only U.S. organization that Cuba has allowed to screen U.S. documentaries in the Cuban provinces.  

Produced by American Documentary, Inc. and beginning its 27th season on PBS in 2014, P.O.V is the longest-­‐running independent documentary showcase on American television screening films from around the world. P.O.V has presented more than 365 films to date. P.O.V. films have won every major film and broadcasting award, including 32 Emmys, 15 Peabody Awards, 12 Alfred I. duPont-­‐Columbia University Awards, three Academy Awards®, the Prix Italia and the National Association of Latino Independent Producers Commitment to Diversity Award. P.O.V. has pioneered the art of outreach, using nonfiction media to build new communities in conversation about today's most pressing social issues. 

POV Documentary Series

Closing Distances/Cerrando Distancias 3will screenGetting Back to Abnorma directed by Louis Alvarez, Andrew Kolker, Paul Stekler, and Peter Odabashian. New Orleans is the setting for the film, which serves up a provocative mix of race, corruption and politics to tell the story of the re-election campaign of Stacy Head, a white woman in a city council seat traditionally held by a black representative. Supported by her irrepressible African-American aide Barbara Lacen-­‐ Keller, Head polarizes the city. Featuring a cast of characters as colorful as the city itself, the film presents a New Orleans that outsiders rarely see. the film was an Official Selection of the 2013 SXSW Film Festival and is a co-production of ITVS. It will broadcast on POV on July 14, 2014. 

Latin American Film Festival returns this weekend

By K.D. Norris | Mlive.com 

The Grand Rapids Latin American Film Festival may be sponsored by several local colleges and universities, but just about anybody can get a little world studies education from the planned lineup of films.

The festival will run Thursday through Sunday, April 3-6, at the Wealthy Theater. In all, 17 films will be screened, all free to the public and all with English subtitles.

Including short but mostly feature length films, the spectrum of offerings run from a family drama led focused on an Elvis impersonator (El Ultimo Elvis), to the sort-of true story of early 20^th century Venezuelan painter Armando Reverón (Reverón), to the story of sisters' journey to find lifesaving liquid interrupted by a handsome man (El Auga del Fin del Mundo or The Water at the End of the World).

The goal of the festival, now in its fifth year, remains the same, to provide the opportunity for acquaintance with the latest in acclaimed and up-and-coming Latin American films and filmmakers. But it is also an opportunity to gain some exposure to Latin and Latino culture.

"We have put together a selection of exceptionally poignant, beautiful and entertaining films," said Melba Hoffer, a member of the festival organizing committee.

Maybe the most varied and interesting evening of films will be Sunday when Argentine filmmaker Armando Bo's 2012 feature length film El Ultimo Elvis (The Last Elvis) is screened at 4 p.m., followed at 6 p.m. by Dr. Fernando Holguin discussing the border conflict between the Dominican Republic and Haiti in a lecture titled "Our Neighbors, the Primitives" laying the groundwork for a screening of Dominican filmmaker Laura Amelia Guzman Guzmán will present her film Jean Gentil at 7 p.m.

Films to be screened originate from a wide range of Latin counties: Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

The Grand Rapids Latin American Film Festival is sponsored by Aquinas and Calvin colleges, and Ferris State, Davenport and Grand Valley State universities. For more information and a complete list of films and show times, visit grlaff.org.

Houston Latino Film Festival Underway

By JP Pritchard, Anchor/Reporter

Film lovers may delight in the Houston Latino Film Festival running now through Sunday.

Executive director Juan Garcia says they’ve come up with a great variety of offerings.  ”We had 300 submissions, from those we chose 30. there are films from the U.S. and Latin America, Europe, 20 countries in all, actually.”

He says they’ve worked hard to make sure all films are accessible to all.  ”Some of the films are in Spanish, some are in English, but either way they are subtitled.”

There’s even a variety of French language films on Sunday.  The films will be shown at Talento Bilingue de Houston at 333 S. Jensen Dr.

Latino Film Festival opens in Worcester April 1st

By Richard Duckett TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF

"Right now I don't sound like a filmmaker, I sound like a businessman," observed Bruno Irizarry, writer and director of "200 Cartas" ("200 Letters"). 

"But it's a reality." 

He wasn't mailing in an apology. When you are also one of the executive producers of your independent movie, it is probably inevitable that business and creativity will both come up in your conversation. 

Happily for Irizarry and "200 Cartas," the checks have been coming in, by mail or otherwise. The romantic-comedy/road movie is now the second highest grossing film in Puerto Rico that was produced and made in Puerto Rico, Irizarry said. 

The movie is currently making deliveries around the United States, and will be shown twice (April 5 and 6) as part of the Latino Film Festival, which opens April 1 at Cinema 320 at Clark University and runs until April 6. Irizarry will be on hand, along with the film's producer, Javier Enrique Perez, and editor, Pedro Javier Muniz, for a Q&A after the movie's screening at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 5. The three will also be talking to students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on April 4. 

Irizarry, talking on the telephone from Puerto Rico earlier his week, had just returned from seeing "200 Cartas" at a film festival in San Diego. "It went extremely well," he said. 

In "200 Cartas," Raul (played by Lin Manuel Miranda), is a Puerto Rican man living in New York City who meets a beautiful Puerto Rican woman named Maria Sanchez at a nightclub. He is smitten, but they get separated and she disappears. Knowing that Maria was returning to Puerto Rico, he decides to go back there himself to find her. One problem — there are 200 listings for a Maria Sanchez in the island's phone book. Undaunted, Raul writes 200 letters and travels around Puerto Rico in search of the right one with a friend and two local women they hire as guides. 

Irizarry's own experiences helped fuel his imagination in writing "200 Cartas." 

He has also been a "Newyorcian" in New York from Puerto Rico, acting as well as pursuing filmmaking. 

On one "occasion, I was living in New York, walking, it was like minus 14 degrees, and I said to myself, 'What the hell am I doing here?'" Irizarry recalled. 

He wanted to set a film in Puerto Rico. "I was suddenly very nostalgic about my home. But I was missing the hook." 

As a 17-year-old, Irizarry had himself met a beguiling woman in New York City, only to lose track of her. In this instance, he had to return to Puerto Rico. But not for long. "I remember going back (to New York), but I couldn't find her." Years later, the two did bump into each other. Both were with their respective spouses. 

With creative license, Irizarry switched the search to Puerto Rico. That's not the only turn in the film, since the ending packs a twist. 

"It's very charming," said Carmen D. "Dolly" Vazquez of Centro Las Americas and organizer and co-founder of the Latino Film Festival. "It has so many funny moments throughout the whole movie." 

People have agreed. "200 Cartas" was shown in movie theaters in Puerto Rico last year for more than 12 weeks. In the U.S., Irizarry is hoping the film might pick up a major distributor. "The Latin American community has buying power that Hollywood should be interested in," he said. Meanwhile, he would like to "open a door at least to a percentage of the regular audience of the United States." In terms of television, a deal had just come through with HBO. 

Irizzary also directed "Shut Up and Do It!" and the documentary "Dirty Drawings with Happy Endings." 

Putting a film together is "95 percent preparation, 5 percent luck," he said. "It's not just, 'OK, I'm making a movie. What do I do?' " 

Irizarry is making them in Puerto Rico. He has a new company, Brava Studios, with businessman Shimmy McHugh, who was also an executive producer for "200 Cartas." 

The Puerto Rico Film Commission, created by an act of law in 1999 to develop the film industry on the island including offering tax incentives, has been playing an invaluable role, Irizarry said. 

"Without them, the film ('200 Cartas') would not be made," Irizarry said. 

"Right now the infrastructure on the island is not the same, obviously, as Los Angeles," he noted. On the other hand, the island can offer mountains, beach, ocean and jungle, he said, along with tax incentives and film crews and actors who are "top of the line…I wish we had more people. But it's getting better and better all the time." 

Still, that 5 percent luck should not be discounted. During the shooting of "200 Cartas," a hurricane struck, it rained most of the time, and a cast member and a crew member came down with fever, Irizarry said. 

He praised his producer, Perez. "In the middle of chaos, he's so calm and relaxed." 

Meanwhile, Irizarry adapted to reality. He shot the movie. "I learned very quickly to embrace anything that's happening in front of me right now." 

This is the 19th edition of the Latino Film Festival, and in that time Vazquez has seen changes in the films available to be shown. 

"I have, in the quality of the movies very much," she said. For 2014, "all the movies are very good." 

The festival is presented by Centro Las Americas, Assumption College, Clark University, the College of the Holy Cross, Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Worcester State University, with additional support from Cinema 320 (which shows independent American movies and foreign films). 

The event's longevity is due in large part to the support of the local colleges, Vazquez said. "Because of their participation, the festival is paid for before I sell a ticket." The festival committee that chooses the films includes Vazquez and several professors. 

Attendance at the festival has been averaging between 700 and 800 people for the course of its run in recent years, Vazquez said. 

"Having it at Cinema 320, people used to going to Cinema 320 always come to our festival." 

General admission is $6; $4 students and seniors. Films will be shown in Room 320 of the Jefferson Academic Center at Clark University. 

The other films in the festival are: 

"Un Amor," a romantic drama from Argentina about childhood friends caught in a heartbreaking love triangle who are reunited after 30 years. 

"7 Cajas" ("7 Boxes"), about a street kid in Paraguay who makes a living as a wheelbarrow deliveryman and gets a job to deliver seven mysterious wooden crates. 

"Broche de Oro," about three men who run away from their retirement home in Puerto Rico to enjoy a weekend of debauchery and fun. 

"Curtain of Water," a documentary by Joe Guerriero exploring the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba. 

15th HFFNY Special Showcases: films that will make you talk!

15th HFFNY will feature a variety of Special Showcases that will make you talk, including the latest films by Amat Escalante (Mexico) and Enrique Kiki Álvarez (Cuba-Panama), revealing documentaries by Roberto Rodríguez (Cuba-U.S.) and Ricardo Restrepo (Colombia), and a bio-doc by Dr. John-Roger and Jsu García (U.S.). Taking place at Quad Cinema and NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, many of these screenings will be followed by Q&A sessions with visiting filmmakers where the audience will have the chance to learn about behind the scenes details, what are the filmmakers currently working on now, and future projects.  

 

In addition, on Friday, April 4, the festival will play tribute to the late Cuban director Daniel Díaz Torres, with screenings his films La Película de Ana / Ana's Movie and Hacerse el Sueco / Playing Swede at Quad Cinema. 

 

 

JIRAFAS / GIRAFFES

Enrique Kiki Álvarez | Cuba-Panama | 2012 | Fiction | 94min

Jirafas depicts the relationship between three young squatters through their fights, friendships, sexual encounters, and the creation of a common language--private and inaudible like the giraffes'. Una pareja de amantes, Lia y Manuel, ocupan la casa de Tania. Entre los tres comienza un enfrentamiento por el espacio que los lleva a crear un lenguaje común, privado e inaudible como el de las jirafas. 

Quad Cinema 4/4 @ 2:50pm

Quad Cinema 4/6 @ 9:30pm - Director present for Q&A

 

MYSTICAL TRAVELER: THE LIFE & TIMES OF DR. JOHN-ROGER

John-Roger - Jsu García | U.S. | 2013 | Documentary | 127min 

NY Premiere

Narrated mostly in his own words and including interviews from around the globe and before behind-the-scenes footage never seen before, this documentary focuses on the life and times of NY Times #1 bestselling author and mystical traveler, Dr. John-Roger. Este documental sobre la vida del Dr John-Roger, autor bestseller del New York Times, está narrado mayormente por él mismo e incluye entrevistas en diversas partes del mundo así como material inédito.   

Quad Cinema 4/5 @ 1:00pm - Director present for Q&A

  

HELI / HELI

Amat Escalante | Mexico | 2013 | Fiction | 105min

Estela is a twelve-year-old Mexican girl and has fallen crazy in love with a young police cadet who wants to run away with her and get married. Trying to achieve this dream, her family gets involved in the violence devastating the region. La familia de Estela, una niña mexicana de doce años, cae en un engranaje de violencia cuando ella se enamora de un joven policía involucrado en el tráfico de drogas.

Quad Cinema 4/7 @ 3:00pm

Quad Cinema 4/9 @ 9:00pm

  

Unseen Chapters of Latin American History:

 

CESÓ LA HORRIBLE NOCHE / END OF THE HORRIBLE NIGHT 

Ricardo Restrepo | Colombia | 2013 | Documentary | 22min

U.S. Premiere

Using intimate family images shot by the director's grandfather, this short documentary takes us back to April 9, 1948, one of the darkest moments of Colombia's history. Powerful imagery overlaid with compelling text become a reflection that goes beyond mere history. A través de la intimidad de las imágenes familiares filmadas por el abuelo del director, este cortometraje documental regresa al 9 de abril de 1948, uno de los momentos más oscuros de la historia colombiana. La fuerza de las imágenes sumadas a la contundencia del texto construyen una reflexión que va mucho más allá de lo puramente histórico.

QUAD CINEMA 4/8 @ 6:00pm

 

CORO DE SILENCIO / CHOIR OF SILENCE

Roberto Rodríguez | U.S.-Cuba | 2013 | Documentary | 50min 

NY Premiere

Between 1960 and 1962 the CIA and the Diocese of Miami organized "Operation Peter Pan," a program that sent 14,048 unaccompanied children from Cuba to the U.S. This documentary touches on the memories of mental and sexual abuse committed by priests and social workers, a story kept untold. Entre los años 1960-1962 la CIA y la Diocesis de Miami organizaron "Operación Peter Pan", un programa que envió 14.048 niños cubanos a los Estados Unidos. Este documental se centra en las memorias de los abusos sexuales y mentales cometidos por parte del clérigo y los trabajadores sociales, una historia que no se contó. 

NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 4/8 @ 6:00pm - Director present for Q&A

  

SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO DANIEL DÍAZ TORRES

Daniel Díaz Torres played a key role in establishing the International School of Film and Television in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, where he was a professor, lecturer, and head of the Film Direction Department. Díaz Torres was honored with the National Culture and Seal Laureate in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of Cuban culture. He died in Havana in 2013. Daniel Díaz Torres fue fundador de la Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, donde fue profesor, subdirector docente y jefe de la cátedra de dirección. Recibió la distinción Por la Cultura Nacional y Sello de Laureado en reconocimiento a su contribución al desarrollo de la cultura artística y literaria cubanas. Murió en La Habana en 2013.

  

Films screening in celebration of Daniel Díaz Torres' life and work:

  

HACERSE EL SUECO / PLAYING SWEDE

Daniel Díaz Torres | Cuba | 2000 | Fiction | 105min 

B'Jorn, who claims to be a literature professor, arrives in Cuba. A family from Havana wants to host him in their house to make a little profit. A story about friendship, stereotypes, adventure, and love. B´Jorn, quien afirma ser profesor de literatura, llega a Cuba. Una familia habanera quiere hospedarlo en su casa con fines monetarios. Una historia sobre la amistad, los estereotipos, la aventura y el amor.

Quad Cinema 4/4 @ 4:45pm

 

LA PELÍCULA DE ANA / ANA'S MOVIE

Daniel Díaz Torres | Cuba | 2012 | Fiction | 100min 

NY Premiere

This is the story of Ana, an unlucky Cuban actress whose economic problems push her into prostitution. When she dares to participate in a pseudo-documentary as one of its protagonists, her adventures begin. Esta es la historia de Ana, una actriz cubana sin suerte cuyos problemas económicos la llevan a la prostitución. Cuando decide participar en un pseudo-documental como una de las protagonistas, comienzan sus aventuras. 

Quad Cinema 4/4 @ 7:00pm - Actress Laura de la Uz present for Q&A

Quad Cinema 4/7 @ 5:00pm

  

 

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, NYU   HFFNY FESTIVAL VENUES Directors Guild Theater - 110 West 57th St. (Bet. 6th & 7th Aves.), Manhattan Quad Cinema - 34 West 13th St. (Bet. 5th & 6th Aves.), Manhattan Museum of the Moving Image - 35th Ave. at 37th St., Astoria, Queens The Bronx Museum of the Arts - 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th St., The Bronx King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, NYU - 53 Washington Square South, Manhattan SVA (School of Visual Arts) Theatre - 333 West 23rd St., Manhattan CUNY Graduate Center - 365 Fifth Ave. (Bet. 34th & 35th St.) #C204, Manhattan

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